(re)Purpose:full

We encourage all our branch offices to responsibly recycle office paper, glass and aluminum. Keep in mind that we have more than a hundred offices in dozens of states across the nation and we have partnered with each and every property manager to coordinate an office recycling program for every location.

Impact

In the city of New York alone, enough trash is thrown away in one day to fill the entire Empire State Building!

More than 60% of the trash thrown in trash bins in the US could be recycled.

Aluminum cans can be recycled completely and put to use in a short time. One recycled tin can saves enough energy to power a TV for 3 hours.

Glass can be recycled 100% and reused. Glass products that end up in landfills do not decompose at all. One recycled glass bottle can save enough energy to power a PC for 25 minutes.

Plastics (most of which can be recycled) take 500 years to decompose. Around 16% of the cost of a product is spent on packaging which is completely wasted if not recycled properly. Plastics that can be recycled are marked with a number 1-7 with 1 being the most recyclable and 7 being the least.

About 1.3 billion tons of Food is wasted every year – enough to build a mountain 2 miles across and 8,000 feet high – close to 30% of agricultural land is used to grow or farm food that is subsequently wasted. Nearly 12 weeks’ worth of groceries is thrown away each year by the average family.